ba’âkŋ
Kott
Etymology
From earlier *w-a-waq꞊ŋ (reflected as b⁴-a³-âk⁰꞊ŋ⁻³), inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *waq (“hold”, verb base).[1][2]
The verb base is also reflected in Ket утаӄ (ut⁷-a⁴-[l²]-aq⁰, “S. holds (something.)”) (Proto-Ketic *ut-waq (“S. holds (something.)”))
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʔaːkŋ/
Verb
ba’âkŋ ([l²]-âk⁰) (infinitive s̔iax)
- (transitive) I hold (something)
References
- ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=28&root=config
- ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 785, 1031
Further reading
- Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 222
- Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 438
- Werner, Heinrich K. (2003), Röhrborn, Klaus, Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid, editors, M. A. Castrén und die Jenissejistik: Die Jennisej-Sprachen des 19. Jahrhunderts (Veröffentlichungen des Societas Uralo-Altaica; 62) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 130-131